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Doos-CHECK.

SPECIFICATIGN forming part of .Leiters Patent No. 289,259, dated November 27, 1883.

Application tiled Api-i121, 1883. (No modi-1.1

fo LLZZ whom, it' may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. IIERRICK, of Grinnell, in the county of Poweshiek and State of Iowa, have invented a new and Improved Door-Holder, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Theobject of my invention is to provide a new andimproved'device for holding swinging doors open to any desired extent.

The invention consists in `a spring bar or strip having one end secured to the bottom edge of the door, and having the other end resting on the floor, which free end is provided with a cushion to produce friction, and I 5 which. free end can be held from the floor and to the bottom edge of the door iu case the door-holder is not to be used. The spring can be raised by means of a loop surrounding the spring, and adapted to slide 011 arilnner on the bottom edge of the door.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate cor responding parts in all the figures.

`Figure l is a longitudinalV elevation of my improved door-holder, showing it in the position it has when in use. Fig. 2is a like view, showing the position it has when not in use. Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional elevation of the same on the line x x, Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal elevation of a modification of the same, showing the position it has when in use. Fig. 5 is a like view, showing the position it has when not in use. Fig. 6 is an enlarged cross-sectional elevation of the same on the line y y, Fig. 5.

The bottom edge of the swinging door A is provided with a longitudinal groove, B, in the top of whicha metal plate, C, is fastened, to one end of which a steel spring-strip, D, is fastened, the free end of which rests upon the floor E. A cushion, F, of rubber, leather, or analogous material, is secured to the under surface of the free end of the spring. At 45 that end of the groove B opposite the one at which the spring D is fastened a sliding bolt,

G, is held on the under side of the plate C,

which bolt has a beveled head, H, on the end toward the fixed end of the spring D. A spiy 5o ral spring, J, surrounding the bolt G, presses the same in the direction toward its head. {lhe move it.

In the modification a runner, L, parallel with the spring D, is secured to the under side of the plate C, and on the said runnera loop, M, is mounted to slide, which loop is provided with a handle, lug, or thumb-piece, N. The spring D passes through the sliding loop M. Vhen the device is not to be in use, the free end of the spring D is pressed upward and presses the spring-bolt G back in the direction of the arrow a until the end of the spring is above the bolt, which then snaps forward, so that the end of the spring can rest on the same, whereby the spring D will be held raised in the groove B. If the device bolt is provided with a thumb-piece, K, to

is to be used, the bolt G is pushed in the dil rection of the arrow c, thereby releasing the free end' oi' the spring D, which is pressed downward on the floor. The cushion F produces sufficient friction to hold the door in any desired position-that is, opened more or less. If .the door is moved by force-that is, by handso as to open it more or less, the cushion slides over the floor or carpet and will always hold the door in the position it had when released. W'hen not in use, the device is invisible. l

If the device is constructed as shown in Figs. 4, 5, and 6, the loop M is pushed in the direction of the arrow a/ in case the spring D is to be raised, and the loop M is pushed in the reverse direction of the arrow a before the end of the spring is released from the bolt G. If desired, the loop M and the runner L can be used in. combination with the spring D, independent of the bolt G.

Having thus described my inv ention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A door holder made substantially as herein shown and described, and consisting of a spring strip or bar having one end fastened on one end of a groove on thc bottom edge of the door, and having the other end resting on the floor, as set forth.

2. The combination,with a door, of a spring having one end fastened to the bottom edge of the door, and having a cushion fastened on the under surface of its free end, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

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3. The eombinatiomwith u door, of @spring having one end fastened to the bottom edge of the door, and of a. bolt or latch for holding its free end raised to the bottom edge of the door,

5 substantially as .herein shown and described,

and for the purpose set forth.

4. The combination, with zt door, of a spring having one end fastened to the bottom edge of the door, a latch or bolt for holding the free io end o f the spring raised to the bottom edge of the door, t runner on the bottom edge of the l door, und a loop adapted to slide on the said runner und surrounding the spring, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth. I 5

5. The combinatioinwith a. door,of aspring,

D, secured to the bottom of the same, the runner L, and the loop M, surrounding the spring D und the runner L, substantially as herein hown anddeseribed, und for the purpose set 2o Orth.

VILLIAM H. HERRICK.

A\Vi tnesses J. M. STURTEVANT, Jr., Mrs. R. ANDERSON. 

